Coral reefs around the world are at risk of collapse due to rising temperatures and acidifying oceans, but the natural adaptability of some species may help buy time
Coral reefs may be more capable of adapting to hotter and more acidic oceans than we thought, raising hopes that efforts to slash our greenhouse gas emissions and restore reefs stand a chance of preserving these biodiverse ecosystems.
Current models of how reefs will respond to further climate change project an even grimmer future. “Almost all warm-water coral reefs are projected to suffer significant losses of area and local extinctions, even if global warming is limited to 1.5ºC,” according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a prediction it labels a “high confidence” one.
The exposure lasted nearly six months, far longer than most coral stress tests, but “the corals did surprisingly well”, says Jury. All saw lower growth rates – a measure of coral health – under the more stressful conditions. Yet individuals of all species survived the combined stressors, with no clear
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